| MaxDB | |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 7. A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 7. 0. 0 / January, 2008 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Genre | RDBMS |
| License | SAP freeware license agreement for MaxDB (closed source) |
| Website | https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/maxdb |
MaxDB is an ANSI SQL-92 (entry level) compliant relational database management system (RDBMS) from SAP AG, which was delivered also by MySQL AB from 2003 to 2007. An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination In computing cross-platform (also known as multi-platform) is a term used to refer to Computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use A Relational database management system (RDBMS is a Database management system (DBMS that is based on the Relational model as introduced by E A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages SQL-92 was the third revision of the SQL Database Query language. A Relational database management system (RDBMS is a Database management system (DBMS that is based on the Relational model as introduced by E SAP AG (,) is the largest European Software enterprise and the fourth largest in the world with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany MySQL AB (founded 1995 acquired by Sun Microsystems 2008 was dual headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden and Cupertino, California MaxDB is targeted for large SAP environments e. g. mySAP Business Suite and other applications that require enterprise-level database functionality. It is able to run terabyte-range data in continuous operation.
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History
The database development started in 1977 as a research project at the Technical University of Berlin. The Technical University of Berlin ( Berlin Institute of Technology, TUB, TU Berlin, German Technische Universität Berlin) is located In the early 1980s it became a database product that subsequently was owned by Nixdorf Computer, Siemens-Nixdorf, Software AG and today by SAP AG. Nixdorf Computer AG was a Computer company founded by Heinz Nixdorf in 1952 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme, AG ( SNI) was formed in 1990 by the merger of Nixdorf Computer AG and the Siemens ' Data Information Services Founded in 1969 Software AG is an enterprise software company with over 4000 enterprise customers in over 70 countries SAP AG (,) is the largest European Software enterprise and the fourth largest in the world with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany Along this line it has been named VDN, Reflex, Supra 2, DDB/4, Entire SQL-DB-Server and ADABAS. ADABAS ( Acronym for Adaptable DAta BAse System is Software AG ’s primary Database management system In 1997 SAP took over the software from Software AG and renamed it to SAP DB. Since October 2000 SAP DB sources additionally were released as open source under the GNU General Public License. In 2003 SAP AG and MySQL AB joined a partnership and re-branded the database system to MaxDB.
In October 2007 this reselling was terminated and sales and support of the database reverted back to SAP [1]. SAP AG is now managing MaxDB development, distribution, and support. Source code of MaxDB is no longer available under the GNU General Public License. In Computer science, source code (commonly just source or code) is any sequence of statements or declarations written in some Human-readable SAP also stated that "Further commercial support concepts to cover mission critical use requirements outside of SAP scenarios are currently subject to discussion. "[2]
Version 7. 5 of MaxDB is a direct advancement of the SAP DB 7. 4 code base. Therefore, the MaxDB software version 7. 5 can be used as a direct upgrade of previous SAP DB versions starting 7. 2. 04 and higher.
MaxDB is subjected to SAP AG's complete quality assurance process before it is shipped with SAP solutions or provided as a download on the 'SAP Network'.
Features
MaxDB is delivered with a set of administration and development tools. Most tools are GUI based and have CLI (Command Line Interface) based counterparts. It offers bindings for JDBC; ODBC; SQLDBC (native C/C++ interface); Precompiler; PHP; Perl; Python; WebDAV; OLE DB, ADO, DAO, RDO and .NET via ODBC; Delphi and TCL via Third Party Programming Interfaces. Java Database Connectivity (JDBC is an API for the Java programming language that defines how a client may access a Database. In Computing, Open Database Connectivity ( ODBC) provides a standard Software API method for using Database management systems (DBMS PHP is a computer Scripting language. Originally designed for producing Dynamic web pages it has evolved to include a Command line interface capability NOTES FOR EDITORS "Perl" is not an acronym (read the "Name" section below Python is a general-purpose High-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes programmer productivity and code readability Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning, or WebDAV, is a set of extensions to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP that allows users to collaboratively edit OLE DB ( Object Linking and Embedding Database, sometimes written as OLEDB or OLE-DB) is an API designed by Microsoft for accessing Microsoft's ActiveX Data Objects ( ADO) is a set of Component Object Model (COM objects for accessing data sources This article is about the Data Access Object design pattern in object-oriented software design not about the Data Access Objects library from Microsoft Remote Data Objects (abbreviated RDO) is the name of an obsolete Data access Application programming interface primarily used in Microsoft In Computing, Open Database Connectivity ( ODBC) provides a standard Software API method for using Database management systems (DBMS Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western Tcl (originally from "Tool Command Language" but nonetheless conventionally rendered as "Tcl" rather than "TCL" pronounced as " tickle " MaxDB is Cross-platform, offering releases for HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Solaris, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows XP. In computing cross-platform (also known as multi-platform) is a term used to refer to Computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented HP-UX (Hewlett Packard UniX is Hewlett-Packard 's proprietary implementation of the Unix Operating system, based on System V (initially Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Solaris is a Unix -based Operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1992 as the successor to SunOS. Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptive, interruptible graphical and business-oriented Operating system designed to work with Windows Server 2003 (also referred to as Win2K3 is a server Operating system produced by Microsoft. Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and SAP users should check the details of the platform availability on the SAP product pages for the product that will be used together with MaxDB.
Distinguishing features
MaxDB offers built-in hot backup, does not need any online reorganizations and claims to be SQL 92 Entry-Level compatible. One current development goal is "zero administration" and by this "low TCO". It is also fair to expect good online transaction processing (OLTP) performance combined with relatively low hardware requirements. Online transaction processing, or OLTP, refers to a class of systems that facilitate and manage transaction-oriented applications typically for data entry and retrieval
High availability mode and small fault record is another historically observed feature of MaxDB, which holds some appraisal from the open source software and db communities.
Future releases
The next release will have the name MaxDB 7. 7. 00. Recent presentations on the product contain hints what can be expected for the next major release and/or is considered as a possible future feature.
One possible future feature for 7. 7. 00 the use of Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) instead of the current lock based implementation. Multiversion concurrency control (abbreviated MCC or MVCC) in the Database field of Computer science, is a Concurrency control
Licensing
MaxDB was licensed under the GNU GPL from versions 7. 2 through 7. 6. Programming interfaces were licensed under the GPL with exceptions for projects released under other Open Source licenses. Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge
SAP DB 7. 3 and 7. 4 were licensed as GPL with LGPL drivers. The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a Free software license published by the Free Software MaxDB 7. 5 was offered under dual licensing. i. e. licensed as GPL with GPL drivers or a commercial license.
From version 7. 5 through version 7. 6 onwards distribution of MaxDB (previously SAP DB) to the open source community was provided by MySQL AB, the same company that develops the open-source software database, MySQL. MySQL is a Relational database management system (RDBMS which has more than 11 million installations Development was done by SAP AG, MySQL AB and the open-source software community. MySQL AB (founded 1995 acquired by Sun Microsystems 2008 was dual headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden and Cupertino, California Open source software (OSS began as a marketing campaign for Free software.
In October 2007, SAP assumed full sales and commercial support for MaxDB. MaxDB 7. 6 is now closed source, available free-of-charge (without support, and with usage restrictions) for use with non-SAP applications. Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. Commercial support models for using MaxDB outside of SAP environments are under consideration.
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